Garment-fastener.



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A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. GWINN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE RAY- MOND BUTTON COMPANY OF BALTIMORE CITY, A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION"forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,724, dated June 17,1902.

I Application filed November 7, 1901. Serial No. 81,447. (No model.)

T on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. GWINN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of-Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garment-fasteners of that class which consist of a stud member and a socket member, the present improvement relating more especially to the stud member.

The object of the invention is to provide a device that will be simple, durable, and effi cient for the purpose of fastening together two parts of a garment containing the stud" and socket members, respectively, and to hold said parts securely together until it is desired" to disconnect the same.

The invention consists of the new and novel features hereinafter more fully set forth and described in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view of the stud member as .it appears after the first operation. Fig. 2 is a plan view of same.

the indentations in the post. view of same. Fig. 5 is a vertical central sectional view'of the stud member after the third operation and showing the upper por-' tion of the post split and curled over to form a resilient head. Fig. 6 is a vertical central sectional view of the completed stud and part of this specificatioml designates the stud member, and 2 the socketmember.

The stud member T1:is formed of a single piece of metal, which is first struck up in the form shown in .Figs. 1 and 2, with a hollow post 3 and an annular recessed flange 4, the latter being provided with a number of holes Fi 3, is a vertical central sectional view of the sIud member after the second operation, showing Fig. 4 is a plan= 5, through which the thread passes when securing the said stud member to one side of the garment. In the second operation in forming the stud member the hollow post 3 is indented at 6, as shown in Figs..3 and 4. These indentations 6 are made from the inside of the post 3 and extend downwardly for about one-half the lengththereof. In the third and final operation in forming the stud member the upper end of the hollow post 3 is split at the indentations 6 into a number of branches 7, which latterar'e curled over and formed into a resilient head, over which the socketvmember 2 is forced when the parts socket member 2 is upturned at IO to rein-- force the said end.

When the parts are to be secured together, the socket member 2 is placed over the resilient head 7 of the stud member and then forced downwardly, causing the said head 7 to yield and allow the socket member to pass down and rest upon the flange 4, when the said head will spring back to its normal position and secure the parts together. When disconnecting the parts, the socket member is pulled over the resilient head 7 of the stud member 1. v 1

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-e 1. In a garment-fastenenthecombination with a stud member comprising a hollow post having an outwardly-projecting annular recessed flange at its lower end and its upper end split'int'o a plurality of branches curled over to form a resilient head, of a socket member adapted to be sprung over the resilient and adapted to rest in the recess in the outvided with a number of holes and its lower In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE W. GWVINN.

wardly-projecting flange of the stud member, I as and for the purpose described.

2. In a garment-fastener, the combination of a stud member comprising a hollow post having an outwardly-projecting annular recessed flange at its lower end provided with a number of holes, and its upper end split 1 into a plurality of branches and curled over to form a resilient head, of a socket member I having an annular flange at its upper end pro- VVit nesses:

CHAPIN A. FERGUSON, HENRY WATSON. 

